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K-dramas, or South Korean scripted TV shows, have long been captivating international audiences. Their popularity has skyrocketed in recent years, most notably with the 2021 success of “Squid Game,” which remains Netflix’s most-watched series. Today K-dramas make up some of the best-performing content on various streaming platforms, regularly occupying several of the spots on Netflix’s

View image in fullscreen Robert De Niro denied leadership award after speaking out against Trump National Association of Broadcasters rescinds honor after actor’s comments outside ex-president’s criminal trial in New York Film actor Robert De Niro was scheduled to accept a leadership award from the National Association of Broadcasters, but the group has rescinded the

Portland State University is beginning an effort to make its campus more distinctive, which will include adding better signs and other indications that you are on the PSU campus. Photo by: Amanda Waldroupe It is easy to be on Portland State University’s campus and not know it. There is no front entrance. There aren’t a

Huge crowds turned out for two boffo evenings of concert excerpts from Puccini’s operas on Friday and Saturday in Bryant Park. It was part of the free summer Picnic Performances. Music was provided by New York City Opera and Chorus, “famously dubbed ‘The People’s Opera’ by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia at its founding in 1943.’“ New

View image in fullscreen Interview Tate director Maria Balshaw: ‘I still come into work feeling terrified’ Rachel Cooke The art gallery boss on the role of museums today, the politics of sponsorship and how Cornelia Parker influenced her decision-making Maria Balshaw, 54, has been the director of Tate since 2017, the first woman to hold

Ken Woods plies his guitar at “Electric Liederland” [Photo: Mark Bobb] The most profound music ever conceived by Richard Strauss may be Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings. Composed in 1945 when Strauss was 81 years old, it memorializes the cultural inheritance symbolized by the opera houses of Munich, Dresden, and Vienna, all bombed to rubble during what

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it’s focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry. Its chief executive, Kenichiro Yoshida, outlined the company’s strategy Thursday, saying Sony was helping creative professionals deliver what he called “kando,” or a moving experience. Yoshida did not speak about reports

View image in fullscreen Review Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion by Agnes Arnold-Forster review – the past isn’t a foreign place The historian’s wide-ranging exploration of wistful reminiscence cautiously champions its benefits to society and challenges the view that it is dangerous and foolish Agnes Arnold-Forster was once a very nostalgic child. An

View image in fullscreen The big idea: the simple trick that can sabotage your critical thinking Influencers and politicians use snappy cliches to get you on side – but you can fight fire with fire Since the moment I learned about the concept of the “thought-terminating cliche” I’ve been seeing them everywhere I look: in

The diss tracks flying back and forth between Drake and Kendrick Lamar have set the online and offline world aflame. But rappers aren’t the only creative people who get into serious disputes. All throughout history—as Artnet News’s Jo Lawson-Tancred wrote on the occasion of the great “Degas/Manet” exhibition of two artist-frenemies at New York’s Metropolitan

View image in fullscreen Fewer than one in 10 arts workers in UK have working-class roots The cultural sector falls short on other measures of diversity too, with 9o% of workers white, says new report Six in 10 of all arts and culture workers in the UK now come from middle-class backgrounds, compared with just

Support Independent Arts Journalism As an independent publication, we rely on readers like you to fund our journalism and keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, consider becoming a member today. This moment in United States arts philanthropy is defined

In 2007, Amherst College alum Sarah Rubenstein was trying to balance raising two small children with part-time work as a litigator. Rubenstein wrote in her “Class Notes” for the alumni magazine: The net result is not pretty—my life is a delicate balance. For example, when the contractors redoing our master bedroom failed to properly hook

This has done little to deter a growing list of other business moguls who have also expressed interest in acquiring the app, which has been under government scrutiny in the US for four years over alleged national security concerns stemming from its Chinese ownership. One of them is former Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said

Editor’s note: This story repeats details of sexual assault allegations, which will be disturbing to some readers. The University of North Carolina School of the Arts has settled a lawsuit with dozens of alumni accusing former officials there of allowing faculty to sexually abuse, harass and exploit students at the prestigious arts school. The University

On-screen, during an early scene in The Fall Guy, the stunt driver Logan Holladay pulls off a move that looks utterly chaotic. He steers an SUV that soars across a beach, parts of it breaking off as it tumbles over and over until landing upside down, in a mess of smoke and debris. But Holladay

View image in fullscreen ‘An incredible phallic landmark!’ The grain silo gallery, a gift from the trillion dollar man Le Corbusier called grain silos ‘the magnificent first fruits of the new age’. But what can be done with these soaring industrial cathedrals when they’re redundant? A Norwegian tycoon has the answer If you’ve ever wondered

[embedded content] Note: Back in 2013, when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Lit­er­a­ture, we pub­lished a post fea­tur­ing 20 short sto­ries writ­ten by Munro. Today, with the sad news that Alice Munro has passed away, at the age of 92, we’re bring­ing the orig­i­nal post (from Octo­ber 10, 2013) back to the surface–in

View image in fullscreen German star at Cannes condemns ‘madness’ of protective culture for UK child actors Cast member of Palme d’Or contender shot in Kent says the high number of chaperones and intimacy coordinators on set was over the top Is Britain leading the way in protecting young people and children from the potential

Support Independent Arts Journalism As an independent publication, we rely on readers like you to fund our journalism and keep our reporting and criticism free and accessible to all. If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, consider becoming a member today. A group of fine arts students at Parsons School